Best European theatre fighter poll

[Huib Versloot]

All choices of the poll could be subject to debate. The P51 wasn't around for the whole European campaign, but entered relatively late. The same can be said about the latest German designs such as the BF109K or the Kurt Tank Focke Wolf , that were as good as the P51; not to mention the ME262 that outclassed all contemporary airplanes.

It's arrival in great numbers made sure that the long range P51 had a big impact on the air battle though.

My choice would be for an airplane that served through the whole period 1940-1945; so the Spitfire and the MEBf109.

Nevertheless it was a nice poll.